Derogare
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(Lat. from de, from, and rogare, to pass a law).
In the civil and old English law. To derogate or diminish; to take from or impair the authority, validity or effect of a law or contract; to repeal some clause of an old law by a new one.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I.
In the civil and old English law. To derogate or diminish; to take from or impair the authority, validity or effect of a law or contract; to repeal a clause of a law. Derogatnr legi cum pars detrahitur: a law is derogated from, when a part of it is taken away. v. Rogare; Abrogare.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from de, from, and rogare, to pass a law.] In the civil and old English law. To derogate or diminish; to take from or impair the authority, validity or effect of a law or contract; to repeal some clause of an old law by a new one. Derogatur legi cum pars detrahitur; a law is derogated from, when a part of it is taken away. Dig. 50. 16. 102. Hoc multum derogat chartae et ipsius fidei; this derogates or takes greatly from the charter and the credit to be given it. Bract. fol. 398. See Rogare, Abrogare.